Ram Nath Kovind has been elected India’s 14th President today. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee received an overwhelming majority of votes from the country’s lawmakers.
Mr. Kovind defeated Opposition candidate and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, garnering more than 65 per cent of the votes in the Electoral College, the Returning Officer for the presidential election Anoop Mishra announced.
The 71-year-old former Governor of Bihar, who will be the second Dalit to hold the top constitutional position, received 2930 votes with a value of 702044, Mr. Mishra said.
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